Good on them for making it right. Although at first he just told Katta to go in for a rematch.
@therobpoz is probably right, I don't think Apple would have gone back and given him the laptop. Of course Apple doesn't need to give away their products in the first place...
Apple does give away their products - they give them to production studios for TV shows and movies.
Why do you think almost every movie and show made over the last few years features a laptop with a glowing Apple on the back whenever a shot calls for someone to be using a computer?
It's been said many times that Apple doesn't pay for product placement. That it's just a consequence of the show's writers and designers using Apple products. I tend to believe that. But I still suppose it's possible that providing free products is considered "not paying."
While I use an Android 2 phone, I must admit an Apple iPhone would be a better choice if all I wanted was a smartphone. What took me to the Android one was the things I couldn't do with the Apple product.
I'm sorry but you need to explain that statement a little more for me. You say the iPhone is superior as a smartphone but you chose Android because it can do things the iPhone doesn't? Isn't it true then, at least in your case, the Android phone is the superior product? Do you use your Android device as something other than a smartphone? Could you specify what that might be?
An iPhone is a better smartphone than my Android-based one is. I can, however, develop software for my phone without a Mac and deploy it to actual hardware without paying Apple for the privilege of deploying my software to my own phone.
@therobpoz is probably right, I don't think Apple would have gone back and given him the laptop. Of course Apple doesn't need to give away their products in the first place...